I love it when two people who don't even work in my department park themselves practically on my desk to have a meeting. Mind you, I'm not part of this meeting, I don't even know what they're talking about. I think putting on my headphones and turning up the volume was a good sign to them that they were bothering me. I think. I couldn't hear. They're gone now.

I baked cookies and brownies last night and they turned out really well. The trick? Put cinnamon and nutmeg in the chocolate chip cookies, and a bit in the brownies too. I am rarely amazed at my cooking, but I scored on this one.

I am discovering the delights of being the topic of office gossip. I'm not quite sure how it happened. I thought I had been discreet in my behavior, but apparently not enough. As someone who is not particularly colorful, it astounds me that people find me interesting enough to talk about when I'm not present.

Tonight, snickerdoodles and gift wrapping. Any ideas of something to get for my grandma for Christmas?